Gender and cardiovascular impact of obstructive sleep apnea: work in progress!

Lunara S Freitas¹, Luciano F Drager^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Program in Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
³ Hypertension Unit, Renal Division, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Editorial

Lunara S Freitas et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;9(10):3579-3582.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.09.115.

Lunara S Freitas¹, Luciano F Drager^{2

3}

¹ Program in Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
³ Hypertension Unit, Renal Division, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Sex differences in the association between obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension-what's next?
Cano-Pumarega I, Barbé F, Durán-Cantolla J. Cano-Pumarega I, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec;9(12):E1156-E1157. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.99. J Thorac Dis. 2017. PMID: 29313856 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Sleep Apnea and Hypertension: Are There Sex Differences? The Vitoria Sleep Cohort.
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